I’ve said it before, I’ve been an Empire Magazine fanboy for years, and I’ve been supporting it as much as I can; I’ve subscribed to the paid podcasts (now rebranded Empire+), I regularly buy streaming tickets for the occasional live shows, and of course I’ve had a subscription to the magazine itself, in physical form; even if every issue arrives weeks after it’s available in the UK, even if I’ve never received any of the ‘Summer special’ issues.
Getting the Empire-sized white envelope in the post, although pre-opened more often than not, has been a small pleasure for years.

You might know The Commitments is one of my favourite films, so I was emotionally touched by the news that Glen Hansard, who played guitar in the titular band, passed away this week.

It seems my inner critic took the week off, so this post is a bit more self-indulgent and less controlled than usual.

Assume here there was here an introduction about the status of social media. But I would waste your time complaining about how easy it is to be negative about anything, while at the same time being negative.
Let’s move on to the escapist part. At least this week there are a few good films to talk about.

Let’s do this one more time.

This was the hottest week in Europe, and sitting on a sofa, even in the evening, was quite unpleasant. This might have affected my ratings for the films of the week, but… no, not really.

You might have noticed a little bit of colour on these pages…

This week’s Visions is brought to you by a desperate need for holidays.

I’m late with the publication of this post, so let’s get to the films!